By Daniel Bernard, HumAngle Trademore estate in Lugbe, a suburb in Abuja, North-Central Nigeria has experienced devastating floods for years with no end in sight despite government knowledge. The negligence of government officials and some residents of Trademore estate located at Lugbe, a suburb in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has caused repeated flooding; claiming
By Archibong Jeremiah The Thursday 6th September 2018 rain which began at about 4am on the day and lasted for over 6 hours has caused havoc in the Cross River State capital, Calabar. For residents along Parliamentary road, the rain was one never wished for and Mr. Okafor Ekene Benson of OK Beneto Supermarket described
By Margaret Adam Calabar the Cross River State capital has recently witnessed another heavy downpour which caused flooding that took over the popular Ndidem Usang Iso road, Rabana Round about axis. The flood which followed the heavy downpour left commuters and drivers stranded, as well as businesses on stand still. The rain which started around
By Dave Akate No fewer than 3,000 farmlands in Boki local government area of central Cross River State have been destroyed by flood following two days of heavy downpour CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. Hundreds of residents have been rendered homeless following the incident which occurred on between September 18 and 19 with properties worth millions of
by crossriverwatch admin Buanchor, a village in Boki Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State, where entire villages were almost washed off by landslide has been said to be the worst disaster in the South south in 2012. South-South zonal coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mr. Emenike Umesi said this during a regional
by crossriverwatch admin No fewer than thirteen persons have lost their lives while 34 suffered different degrees of injuries as a result of the recent flood that ravaged Cross River State. The Director- General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mohammed Sani Sidi, disclosed this while presenting some relief materials to the people in
by crossriverwatch admin Niger Delta ex-militants who passed through the amnesty programme of the Federal Government have donated relief materials to flood victims in Cross River State as part their contribution to cushion the effect of the disaster and give back to the society. Presenting the relief materials to the deputy governor, Mr Efiok Cobham,